Baseball Earns Wild 16-15 Win Over Roosevelt

OVERVIEW – ROOSEVELT

SCORES: Northwood 16, Roosevelt Lakers 15

RECORDS: Northwood 3-6, Roosevelt 1-5

LOCATION: Davenport, Florida

RECAP: Led by a great individual performance by Caden Duryea, Northwood baseball earns a wild 16-15 comeback win over Roosevelt Sunday afternoon (March 1).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Duryea started his huge day right away, connecting a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning.
• The score remained 2-0 until the bottom of the third when Anthony Manganello connected on a solo home run to make the score 3-0
• Duryea added his second home run of the day later in the third, a solo shot that made the score 4-0 after three.
• Roosevelt got back into the game with a three-run fourth inning.
• The Lakers broke the game open in the sixth, scoring eight runs on just three hits. NU walked eight batters in the inning, allowing Roosevelt to take an 11-4 lead.
• NU got a pair back in the sixth thanks to an RBI single from Mason Brunworth and a sacrifice fly from Spencer Fortier.
• After the Lakers scored one in the top of the seventh to go up 12-6, the Timberwolves fought back. Brunworth started the rally with an RBI groundout.
• With two outs in the inning, Matthew Meyer and Spencer Fortier had back-to-back two-run doubles that made the score 12-11 heading to the eighth.
• Roosevelt came right back with three runs of their own in the top of the eighth to go back up by four at 15-11.
• Duryea finished off his big day with his third home run of the day in the bottom of the eighth. His three-run blast made the score 15-14.
• After holding the Lakers off the board in the top of the ninth, Northwood finished off the comeback win in the ninth. A bunt single by Meyer and an error plated Griffin Phillips to tie the score.
• Manganello then ended the game with a walk-off RBI single to give the Timberwolves the victory.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 16/12/1, Roosevelt: 15/15/3
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 4, Roosevelt: 13
• Winning Pitcher – Justin Stedry (1-0): 2 IP, H, K
• Losing Pitcher – Kevin Schroer (0-1): 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 4-4, 3 HR, 2B, 5 R, 6 RBIs
• Manganello: 3-5, HR, 3 R, 2 RBIs
• Meyer: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs
• Fortier: 2B, 3 RBIs
• Joey Randazzo: IP, H, 2 BBs
• Lucas McKinney: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Duryea's 14 total bases in a game matches the Great Midwest Athletic Conference record. Blake Salamon (three doubles, two home runs) also had 14 in a win over Wayne State in the NCAA Midwest Regional May 18, 2023.
• Duryea's now has the second-most total bases in a game this season in all Division II baseball. Jack Sanders of Cal Poly Pomona had 16 in a game January 31.

UP NEXT

• Northwood takes on Seton Hill Monday (March 2). Game time is set for 10 a.m.